兮兮

Chinese

		(part.)	(part.)
trad. (兮兮)		兮	兮
simp. #(兮兮)		兮	兮

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): xīxī

  (Zhuyin): ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): hai⁴ hai⁴
• Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): ¹shi-shi

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: xīxī
    • Zhuyin: ㄒㄧ ㄒㄧ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: sisi
    • Wade–Giles: hsi¹-hsi¹
    • Yale: syī-syī
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shishi
    • Palladius: сиси (sisi)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: hai⁴ hai⁴
    • Yale: hàih hàih
    • Cantonese Pinyin: hai⁴ hai⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: hei⁴ hei⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /hɐi̯²¹ hɐi̯²¹/
• Wu
  • (Northern: Shanghai)
    • Wugniu: ¹shi-shi
    • MiniDict: shi^平 shi
    • Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): ¹xi-xi
    • Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɕi⁵⁵ ɕi²¹/

Particle

兮兮

1. An emphatic particle placed after negative adjectives, often to denote a sense of contempt.

Derived terms

• 可憐兮兮 / 可怜兮兮
• 慘兮兮 / 惨兮兮 (cǎnxīxī)
• 神經兮兮 / 神经兮兮 (shénjīngxīxī)
• 髒兮兮 / 脏兮兮 (zāngxīxī)